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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section I.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In poetry, Aristotle explains that the "Recognition" is almost always what?
(a) The end of the poem.
(b) A tragedy.
(c) Between two characters.
(d) A surprise.

2. What reason does Aristotle give for Homer excluding many things that Odysseus does on his voyage home in the "Odyssey"?
(a) Aristotle explains that Homer prefers to keep the reader guessing.
(b) Nothing is excluded.
(c) Aristotle says that Odysseus does some embarrassing things that are better left unsaid.
(d) Aristotle says that Homer excludes things because they do not relate well to the overall plot that is being constructed.

3. In what three ways does Aristotle differentiate various art forms from one another?
(a) According to the artist, era, and artistic effort.
(b) Era, objects, and manner of imitation.
(c) By the medium, objects, and manner of imitation.
(d) Manner of imitation, artist, and era.

4. In art, Aristotle defines the medium as what?
(a) The artist's spiritual inspiration.
(b) The average.
(c) The manner in which the art is produced.
(d) A middle state or condition.

5. What, as Aristotle states, are good poets forced to do when they write stories with episodic plots?
(a) To shorten their stories.
(b) To lengthen their stories.
(c) To write poorly.
(d) To write better.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the ways Aristotle explains in regard to how poets differ in their representation of the object?

2. When a poet presents the poem in the voice of one of the characters, what method does Aristotle say that the poet is using?

3. Aristotle states that poetry depicts what?

4. What type of poetry does Aristotle say focuses on serious and important actions?

5. Per Aristotle, the unity of plot is what to the unity of a character's actions?

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